How is it a retarded rule (more correctly, agreement)?

The CHL supplies the NHL with well over half of its employees and star players bring in the fans (and their money) in that league, too. Need money to operate.

The SHL and Liiga have similar agreements with the NHL as well (although theirs are a little less restrictive, requiring a one-time payment in exchange).

Fox's skating was suspect, but I'm more concerned with his defense. He looked completely lost in the defensive zone on Tuesday night. That said, I don't think anyone outside of CDC was actually expecting Fox to make the team this year. He has plenty of time to work on the deficiencies in his game and we already know he can score.

I have Shaw Basic and get SN360 ... but I'm in a different area, so maybe it's only the lower mainland that doesn't get it.

kassian looking like a liability out there. Lack is keeping the team in the game.

Blind dodgeball....:notbad::considered:

i am here....almost missed it due to soccer woohoo!

bennett looking good tonight

Bennett is looking great

wow I like that kid

<3 Shinkaruk

Good position, good hands

Calgary is going to regret not drafting him

shinkaruk is doing well

i am glad with the flames performance, they were a steady threat

Bennet looks fantastic out there

But so does Shinkaruk

Wonder if he makes the team over Bo now

it was mentioned on the SN360 that gaudreau has a better chance than bennett of making the team. I am going to be quite interested to see what the team looks like after the final cuts. I honestly have no idea who will make it

from a player development perspective it's useless to have him spend an entire year in junior (can''t call him up even to the minors until junior season end)...it's always bothered me seeing top prospects stuck in juniors when the next step should be the minors.
He's peaked so it's pretty shitty being stuck with players that you're clearly a cut above.
But yes, when you put in a financial/economic standpoint it's not a stupid agreement.

keep in mind i'm pretty biased, i'd hate for good prospects to waste their time twiddling their thumbs in junior when they're good enough to be in the minors.

And Fox, yeah i expected him to be meh come camp and figured he'd end up in Utica but from what i've seen...he's pretty shitty. I guess being overage in junior really makes you look good.

Gaudreau will make the team. Flames GM has already come out and said he would be extremely surprised if Bennett made the team this year.

ya, I heard him say that. but honestly I say they are on par with each other

Dane Fox was a bit of a disappointment considering how well he was doing, granted, overager.

There are some rumblings over at canucksarmy suggesting that sending Horvat to Europe ala Jensen. Same arguments about how its a waste of a year to have him do nothing in the juniors.

Nylander probably makes the leafs before Horvat does for the canucks maybe because he played in SEL with adults

Markstrom on waivers.

Came in to post that. Damn.

Do you guys think he'll get claimed? Only teams I can think of claim would probably be Devils or Jets.

He's a good goalie and I could see a team picking him up no questions asked.

There's a couple other goalies sitting unemployed. He could get picked up but I hope he doesn't.

Lots of potential if they properly coach him I think.